yay for this thread!! I can't stand that car, and it's one of the single biggest reasons I don't attend the LA regional events, because it is ALWAYS there. It's like a cheesy, lame club on wheels, and I don't think it adds anything to Burning Man whatsoever. I avoid this car actively, so I didn't ex...

I use the design you are describing (where you duct tape/bungee the spine to the ribs) with great success. Here's a link to a good blog post on it: http://www.maxicon.com/Burning_Man/PVC_Structures/pvc_on_the_playa.htm I also cut that down to the 5 foot sections, and I used 2 foot sleeves of 1.25&qu...

Just because you won't be camping with your friend does not mean you need to be in the walk-in camping area. There will be plenty of areas all over the city to camp where you can drive your car right up and set up camp, you do not have to be part of a camp. I would not recommend walk-in camping unle...

I'd nicely ask to be dropped off at your camp. That's pretty standard when you get a ride out there. If that's really not a possibility then maybe you could get a folding wagon or folding luggage cart or folding dolly and stack your stuff onto that to wheel it over to your camp? But seriously....ask...

I think it would really be an extra hassle to park and take another means of transportation in. If you close your car up for the week once you've unpacked everything you can minimize the dust that gets inside. I also laid a big plastic drop cloth over the back seats and trunk so that when I packed t...

Do you plan to use a generator with that travel trailer? Because if not Hushville may actually be a great fit for you. Registration is currently open. Hushville is a village that does not have dues, but does require pre-registration to camp with them. The rules are no generators and no amplified sou...

My first year I had a ROUGH time with my hands! Now I bring a little hand kit that includes: Nail clippers, nail brush, serious heavy hand cream, cuticle oil, and lemon juice. Once a day I soak my hands in lemon water (and use the nail brush while they soak), then dry them thoroughly, clip any hangn...

Yep, the friend who is going with me this year changed her delivery address for her ticket in APRIL. On Friday she received an email notification that ticket was going to the old address. She called Ticketfly, the post office, etc. Basically the post office said it "should" get forwarded t...

Which one do you guys think would work better? The only problem I have with the Aluminzed bubble insulation is cost. A 16" by 25' Role is $16.25 I can buy (10) 4.5' by 7' blankets for $7.12 I mean the clear winner hear is the blankets but do you think put together and even layered would be bet...

The most fabulously magical thing happened. Just as I was about to buckle down and attempt to build my swamp cooler an old friend (the guy who was my rideshare to my first burn!) got in touch with me because he had a bunch of Burning Man stuff he needed to give away before he moved. So I go to pick ...

Realized that if I'm really going to build a swamp cooler this year I need to get on it. Every year I say I will but I put it off and put it off and it never ends up happening. SO, I ordered parts for it today, and am setting a date for myself on my next open weekend to build it. I do this too... :...

Realized that if I'm really going to build a swamp cooler this year I need to get on it. Every year I say I will but I put it off and put it off and it never ends up happening. SO, I ordered parts for it today, and am setting a date for myself on my next open weekend to build it. And I received a fu...

You will also want to post this on the official Burning Man rideshare board. Keep in mind that a lot of people won't be planning rides for another month or two. Here's a link to the rideshare board http://rideshare.burningman.com/

I always bring several of the little individual plastic bowls of popular cereals and an equal number of boxes of Horizon shelf stable milk. This way you don't have to pick one cereal, and you don't have to find a bowl!!

I make that drive every year. First, take 395, it's a much nicer drive than going up the 5. Second, DO NOT SPEED even 1 mile over the speed limit. Cops set up speed traps in the small towns along the way and will use any excuse to search your car. They know we are all headed to TTITD. I usually go s...

You could put a smaller tent inside the big one and leave the big tent open for airflow. Then have the swamp cooler service the smaller tent only. Sleep in the small tent and use the big tent for hanging out, and storage. I mean that tent is HUGE so I think you could do this pretty easily.

Went camping this weekend, and used one of my camp chairs for the first time since the burn. When I unfolded it out fell...a cloud of dust and....a digital camera!!! (not mine). Turns out it belongs to a campmate who just assumed it was lost forever. A little playa magic in May

Wow! Thanks for all the replies everyone!! So here's the extra weird part of this whole thing, HE'S the one who suggested they go to Burning Man. I've never encouraged her because I worried she would bring him haha. Once he suggested it she was totally on board. Anyway, he's really into raves, and I...

I have a friend who will be attending her virgin burn in 2014. She is amazing, but will be bringing along her incredibly arrogant, difficult, and immature significant other. They will not be camped anywhere near me (will make sure of that), but I still feel bad for the general population that this g...